Bottle-stopper.



A. HALL.

BOTTLE STOPPEB.

\ APELIOATION FILED APR. 8, 190B.

Patented Dec. 22; 1908.

Inventor:

ALBERT HALL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

Application filed April s, 1908. Serial No. 425,006.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT HALL, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of N ewlYork, borough of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bottle-Stoppers, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved bottlestopper which is simple in construction strong and durable, closes thebottle reliably, is entirely removable from the bottle and is easily andreadily applied and removed.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of referenceindicate like parts in all the figures :-Figure 1 is a side view of abottle head provided with my improved stopper. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional View. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the locking plate. Fig.4 is a transverse sectional view of the same. Fig. 5 is a plan view ofthe plate and plug therein. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of amodification. Fig. 7 is a vertical section in which the modified form oflocking plate shown in Fig. 6, is used.

The bottle 1 has an external head 2 at its mouth. The stopper consistsof a plug and a retaining and locking plate. The plug is made of wood,glass, porcelain, hard rubber or other suitable material and has a stem4 provided at its upper end with a head 5and at its lower end with adownwardly and outwardly inclined or beveled block 6, which is looselysurrounded by a rubber packing ring 7 The locking plate 8 which ispreferably struck from sheet metal is provided on its edge atsubstantially diametrically opposite points with two downwardly curvedor bent holding lugs 9 adapted to embrace the bead 2 and thus hold theplate on the bottle mouth. The plate 8 has a notch or recess 10extending from the edge of the plate slightly beyond the center and ofsuflicient width to receive the stem 4 of the plug. At each side edge ofthe notch or recess an upwardly extending flangell is struck up and eachflange has its upper edge inclined upward from the edge of the plate, toa point a out the diameter of the head 5, from the rear end of theflange as at 12 and the top edges of the flanges from these points tothe rear or inner ends of the flanges are made horizontal that isparallel with the top of the plate, as at 13.

The plug is inserted in the bottle mouth, block downward, and then theplate 8 is slipped laterally over the bottle mouthin such a manner thatthe lugs 9 embrace the bead 2. The inclined flanges or ridges 11gradually force up the plug, by acting on the underside of the head 5and thereby the packing ring 7 is compressed and jammed etween thebeveled block 6 and the bore of the bottle. pushed or forced completelyhome on the ottle mouth, the underside of the head 5 rests upon thestraight parts 13 of the flanges or ridges 11 and thus is not liable toslip 03 or become dislodged. To open the bottle it is only necessary toslide oflf the plate 8 and then withdraw the plug, which can easily begrasped between the fingers, by means of the head 5. As shown in Fig. 6lateral lugs 15 may be provided at the front end of the notch.vertically before the stem of the plug is inserted and after the stemhas been inserted are turned down horizontally to revent separating theplug and plate entire y. To remove the plug the plate is pushed backuntil the stem rests against the lugs 15 whereby the plate is unlockedfrom the bead sufficiently to lift out the plug.

Having described my invention What I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1. In a bottle stopper, the combination with a stemhaving a head at one end and a block at the lower end, of a packing onthe block and a clamping and locking plate having side clamping ugs forengagement with the bottle, a notch extending inward from the edge ofthe late, and ridges formed along the edges of t e notch, substantiallyas set forth.

2. In a bottle stopper, the combination with a stem having a head at oneend and a block at the lower end, of a packing on the block and aclampin and locking plate having side clamping lugs for engagement withthe bottle, a notch extending inward from the edge of the plate, andridges formed along the edges of the notch, the upper edges of theridges bein inclined upwar and inward for about haf the length of theridges and the inner end parts of said upper edges being substantiallyparallel with t e top of the plate, substantially as set forth.

3. In a bottle stopper, the combination with a stem having a head at oneend and a block at the lower end, of a packing on the block and aclamping and locking plate These lugs extend up When the plate 8 hasbeen i having side clamping lugs for engagement Signed at New York cityin the county of with the bottle, a, notch extending inward New Yorkand'State of New York this fifth from the edge of the plate, and ridgesday of March A. D. 1908.

formed along the edges of the notch, and ALBERT HALL. laterallyprojecting lugs extending toward Witnesses:

each other at the outer end of the notch, FRANK E. RAFFMAN,

substantially as set forth. S. M. BAEDER.

